Quirky Science Facts!

[Racoon]

Ancient Arabs used to treat headaches by slipping a garlic clove under the skin at the temple until pus formed!

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Aluminum was ground into dust and dropped by stage hands to make the transporters in Star Trek *glitter*

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The U.S. Mint can print 240 $10 dollar bills at a cost of $10.

(although that may have changed with the new ones )

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The original Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter later became an aquanaut who lived in Sealab II

[Racoon]

One kilowatt-hour causes a standard electrical meter's disc to revolve 138.88 times

[Racoon]

the Lhasa apso is a breed of dog named after the Tibetan city and bred by holy men as watch dogs

[Racoon]

the cephalopod Octopus is the most intelligent invertebrate, retaining memory for weeks

[InfiniteNow]

Dude, seriously... why don't you just post the link?

[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by Boerseun

Regardless!

My shirts can be blue, green, red, black, white, or a sort of cheesy yellow, but my belly-button fluff always turns out blue!

There MUST be a logical explanation for this... Maybe your dad was a Bolian.

Maybe you've been eating too many foods irradiated with Cobalt-60.



However, most likely it's one of the following (taken from The Great Belly-Button Lint survery):

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/lint/quotes.htm#theory

human biology: "I think it actually comes from the inside of your belly. There is a (yet-tobe- discovered) lint gland, which resides just behind your belly button. This works something like our sinuses, except instead of producing mucus, it produces lint."

I imagine you have an over-active lint gland.


Cheers.

[Boerseun]

Thanks, Infinite - I think this justifies a poll...

Any more info on my fluff troubles will be much appreciated.